In the final "Meet Readers" are Patty Belsick and our musician Nora Hughes.
Looseleaf is a new Seattle-based reading series co-founded by Spark A'wesome, Shelley Casey, Dawn Quinn, Samantha Updegrave, and Suzanne Warren to create a space for woman-identified emerging and established writers to step out of their binders and share the stage. Combining storytelling and music, the series is held at The Den in Chop Suey.
Our next reading is coming up on Tuesday, January 26, 2016. Doors at 7 pm, and it's gonna rule. I've run these quick Q+As with all the women reading and performing. In case you missed the first installment (Kristen Millares Young & Jenny Hayes), you can read it here. And the second (Casandra Lopez & Michelle Peñaloza) one is here.
PATTY BELSICK
What are you reading at Loose Leaf on 1/26?
I'll be reading a piece from the book I'm writing (trying), tentatively titled, There's a Reason My Name Auto-Corrects to Party. It's a book based on my life and I believe, Life in general, with all of its little victories and fucked-up-ness.
Who’s a writer you’re stoked on right now? What’s exiting about their work?
The writer I'm in love with right now is Lidia Yuknavitch. She blows me away with her every sentence and her book, The Small Backs of Children, is my secular bible. I never lack inspiration when I read any part of it, which I devoured as soon as I got it. I'm also reading Jeanette Winterson's The Passion and feel as equally in awe. I'm empowered by strong female voices that make the world stand up and listen. Lidia is a Warrior in my eyes. What she does with words and language and emotion and art, how she intertwines them in ways that make you realize it should have always been like this - it's nothing short of amazing.
Why are you out of your binder? Or, advice for stepping out of binders if you still feel stuck in one?
I am Finally out of my binder! It's taken some time and some writing workshops to make me realize that my work is not dead after it's written. My last workshop in Portland, with Lidia Yuknavitch, and a room full of amazing writers, made me realize that my work is as living as I am. And for the reading on the 26th, I pulled from 3 separate pieces. It flowed together as if it had always been written that way. That would be my advice, look back at your work and let it breathe, as it truly helped me.
Is there a quote / soundtrack for how your week is going?
A quote for me right now comes from Winterson's book, The Passion. "She grew in secret, away from their eyes. Outwardly she was obedient and loving, but inside she was feeding a hunger that would have disgusted them if disgust itself were not an excess." Blows me the fuck away!!
Anything coming up for you in the near future?
In the near future, I have a writing workshop in Portland in March and my work was accepted for my attendance to the Writing By Writers Workshop at Methow Valley in May, which I'm overjoyed about. I hope to be able to read publicly more and just keep the writing flowing.
Where can we find online?
You can find me online at [email protected]
NORA HUGHES
What are you playing at Loose Leaf on 1/26?
I'm playing four songs from a set I'm working on, of 10 songs in 10 languages. I've started by learning songs in languages that I know a little- Spanish, French, Welsh, and I'm going to choose languages that are increasingly difficult for me- tonal languages, languages with weird sounds my mouth doesn't want to make. At the same time, I'm looking for songs that all fit together as one set. There's this thing, that they all need to have, and I haven't been able to describe what it is, but I know when I hear it. Lyrical, sad, hopeful, direct. Something like that. But not that. But that's part of it.
Who’s a writer you’re stoked on right now? What’s exiting about their work?
I'm reading a compilation of essays, interviews, photos, and drawings called Women in Clothes, by Sheila Heti, Leanne Shapton, and Heidi Julavits. I've been reading it and thinking about it for two weeks and having a conversation with myself for two weeks, about what I love about it, and what I find problematic about it.
Is there a quote / soundtrack for how your week is going?
My friend texted me this page from Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse today:
Looseleaf is a new Seattle-based reading series co-founded by Spark A'wesome, Shelley Casey, Dawn Quinn, Samantha Updegrave, and Suzanne Warren to create a space for woman-identified emerging and established writers to step out of their binders and share the stage. Combining storytelling and music, the series is held at The Den in Chop Suey.
Our next reading is coming up on Tuesday, January 26, 2016. Doors at 7 pm, and it's gonna rule. I've run these quick Q+As with all the women reading and performing. In case you missed the first installment (Kristen Millares Young & Jenny Hayes), you can read it here. And the second (Casandra Lopez & Michelle Peñaloza) one is here.
PATTY BELSICK
What are you reading at Loose Leaf on 1/26?
I'll be reading a piece from the book I'm writing (trying), tentatively titled, There's a Reason My Name Auto-Corrects to Party. It's a book based on my life and I believe, Life in general, with all of its little victories and fucked-up-ness.
Who’s a writer you’re stoked on right now? What’s exiting about their work?
The writer I'm in love with right now is Lidia Yuknavitch. She blows me away with her every sentence and her book, The Small Backs of Children, is my secular bible. I never lack inspiration when I read any part of it, which I devoured as soon as I got it. I'm also reading Jeanette Winterson's The Passion and feel as equally in awe. I'm empowered by strong female voices that make the world stand up and listen. Lidia is a Warrior in my eyes. What she does with words and language and emotion and art, how she intertwines them in ways that make you realize it should have always been like this - it's nothing short of amazing.
Why are you out of your binder? Or, advice for stepping out of binders if you still feel stuck in one?
I am Finally out of my binder! It's taken some time and some writing workshops to make me realize that my work is not dead after it's written. My last workshop in Portland, with Lidia Yuknavitch, and a room full of amazing writers, made me realize that my work is as living as I am. And for the reading on the 26th, I pulled from 3 separate pieces. It flowed together as if it had always been written that way. That would be my advice, look back at your work and let it breathe, as it truly helped me.
Is there a quote / soundtrack for how your week is going?
A quote for me right now comes from Winterson's book, The Passion. "She grew in secret, away from their eyes. Outwardly she was obedient and loving, but inside she was feeding a hunger that would have disgusted them if disgust itself were not an excess." Blows me the fuck away!!
Anything coming up for you in the near future?
In the near future, I have a writing workshop in Portland in March and my work was accepted for my attendance to the Writing By Writers Workshop at Methow Valley in May, which I'm overjoyed about. I hope to be able to read publicly more and just keep the writing flowing.
Where can we find online?
You can find me online at [email protected]
NORA HUGHES
What are you playing at Loose Leaf on 1/26?
I'm playing four songs from a set I'm working on, of 10 songs in 10 languages. I've started by learning songs in languages that I know a little- Spanish, French, Welsh, and I'm going to choose languages that are increasingly difficult for me- tonal languages, languages with weird sounds my mouth doesn't want to make. At the same time, I'm looking for songs that all fit together as one set. There's this thing, that they all need to have, and I haven't been able to describe what it is, but I know when I hear it. Lyrical, sad, hopeful, direct. Something like that. But not that. But that's part of it.
Who’s a writer you’re stoked on right now? What’s exiting about their work?
I'm reading a compilation of essays, interviews, photos, and drawings called Women in Clothes, by Sheila Heti, Leanne Shapton, and Heidi Julavits. I've been reading it and thinking about it for two weeks and having a conversation with myself for two weeks, about what I love about it, and what I find problematic about it.
Is there a quote / soundtrack for how your week is going?
My friend texted me this page from Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse today:
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